LeBron James

At the same time, LeBron James may impact many children to play basketball and gain higher education chances through his strong individualism. The result is pushing the development of basketball and education. LeBron James is without a doubt one of the greatest athletes of this generation and arguably the greatest of all time. He has guided his international reach, impact, and enthusiasm into making the lives of the residents within his community and the greater world better. “With education as…...

LeBron James (Lee-Braun James) is one of the best and most dominant players that the game of basketball has ever seen. His build of 6’9” and 250 pounds paired with his incredible athleticism makes him a force to be reckoned with. Along with this, James is one of if not the most versatile player of all time. Combining all of this into one player over the span of 17 years and counting has led to some very long nights, games,…...

LeBron James (Luh-Bron James) has dominated the NBA for the past seventeen seasons and as a result, has inspired the up and coming generation of NBA players. They have all grown up watching LeBron play through his career lows and highs. Because of this, there is a wide variety of opinions about the King from the next generation of NBA pros. Today, we will be covering what young NBA players think about LeBron James. Zion Williamson (Z eye-on William-son) Zion…...

There are many different characteristics of basketball that a player needs to be good at the sport. This includes awareness. This characteristic involves a player understanding the game a lot better, this doesn’t mean that the only point is to put the ball in the basket, it is way more than that. Awareness is about knowing where you are meant to be and having good spatial awareness which falls into this characteristic. Another characteristic that basketball players have to have…...

Hall of Fame consists of legends of the past that will never be forgotten. As the president of the NBA, I would like congratulate Kobe Bryant as he’s been selected into the NBA Hall of Fame. The Black Mamba is one of the deadliest, fastest, and most feared snake in the World today. That was the description of 6’7ft 210lb Kobe Bryant on the court since he joined the league right out of high school. His nickname tells it all…...

Semiotics paper Nike - LeBron James: I Believe In May 2003, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected a high school phenom named Lebron James with the Number one overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. In this "I believe" commercial featuring Lebron James the first thing that was mentioned was his very first press conference. During his first press conference, this humble kid from Akron, Ohio declared that he didn't feel any pressure as the top overall pick in the NBA Draft…...

In my short life, if there is one thing I have noticed about the sports industry, it’s that money talks. Drew Brees just recently signed a $100 million dollar contract with the New Orleans Saints to play for five more years. Kobe Bryant of the Lakers made $25 million last year alone, while Alex Rodriguez made $32 million. This sure seems like a lot on money for men to be making just to play sports, or is it? Professional Athletes…...

LeBron James uses specific strategies, especially Pathos, to achieve his purpose of explaining his decisions in the past years of his basketball career. His choice of language appeals to the emotions of his fans and basketball spectators as a whole as he attempts to win back the trust and respect of his hometown fans. He does this in paragraph one, for example, by emphasizing that Ohio is his home, and that it is always going to have a place in…...

Professional athletes, specifically in the NFL, NBA, and MLB, often are rewarded extremely substantial contracts and lucrative endorsement deals and it has been argued that their salaries should be reduced to smaller wages but they are paid in the way that they are for good reason; they provide the world with constant entertainment, work hard at their jobs and are only able to work for a small amount of time. In 2011, both the NFL and the NBA locked out…...

“I’ve failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeeded,” is the quote that I choose to open up my This I Believe essay and now I have branched that out into a digital story. My digital story has the songs “Cinema” and “Gotta Have It” and it is about the struggles that Lebron James had to endure in order to get his championship ring. The theme of my digital story and essay is, in…...